Mid-Atlantic Southeastern 2023 Wine Competition Department S1 email: wine@carolinaclassicfair.com August 5-6, 2023
The Carolina Classic Fair is sponsoring the Commercial and Amateur Wine Competition and Display to encourage, stimulate and enrich the reputation of Southeastern vineyards and wineries that produce wines of outstanding quality. The uniqueness of this competition gives creditability to the wine industry and it’s future.
RULES, REGULATIONS AND INFORMATION
1. Competition is open to any commercial vineyard, winery or amateur in GA, NC, SC, TN, VA and WV. Amateur wine makers may only enter categories S1-70 thru S1-88. 2. All commercial wines entered must comply with state and federal regulations and standards of quality. Only wine produced and bottled in GA, NC, SC, TN, VA and WV will be accepted. 3. Wine can be shipped or brought to the Fair office. Entries will be accepted starting July 1, 2023. Deadline for wine entries is July 21, 2023 . This is the final deadline and there will be no exceptions. 4. Entry Fee: $15.00 per commercial entry, $5.00 per amateur entry and must accompany wine being shipped. All entry fees are non-refundable. (CHECKS MUST BE MADE PAYABLE TO CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM) 5. Shipping: Please enclose in your shipping box the entry form completed in full and your entry fee in the form of check or money order. Please type or print clearly. Use multiple lines if necessary. Make (2) two copies of the entry form, send original with shipment and retain one copy for your records. When sending one box, mark box 1 of 1. When sending multiple boxes please mark boxes 1 of 5, 2 of 5, etc. Always place your check or money order in Box 1. 6. Ship wines to this Address ONLY: Carolina Classic Fair, 421 West 27th Street, Winston- Salem, NC 27105 . Exhibitor is responsible for all shipping cost of their wines. The Carolina Classic Fair will not accept wine on a C.O.D. basis. 7. The wine entry form provided must be filled out in full and signed by the wine maker. Information must be true and correct. Violations will result in disqualification of all awards. Telephone, email, cell and fax numbers must be listed in case Superintendent needs to call. 8. Exhibitors may enter more than one wine per class. An official entry must consist of (2) two bot - tles of each entry. If bottles are smaller than 750 ml.,(3) three bottles are required. One bot- tle will be used for judging and the other for display. Wine will be displayed during the entire Fair. 9. ONLY wines made from at least 75% (percent) fruit grown in the Mid-Atlantic South- eastern Region (GA, NC, SC, TN, VA and WV) will be eligible to compete for Double Gold medals and for Rosettes for Best White Dry Wine, Best Red Dry Wine, Best White Sweet Wine, Best Red Sweet Wine and Best Dessert & Fruit Wine and a Trophy For Best In Show for Commercial entries and a Rosette for Best Amateur for Amateur entries. There is a column on the entry form to indicate this information. 10. Judging Dates: August 5 and 6, 2023. No winners will be announced over the phone. Information will be provided on our website CarolinaClassicFair.com by September 30, and winners are posted where the wine is displayed during the fair. 11. Judges decisions are final. Judges may move wines to another category if they think it was entered incorrectly. 12. Judges will give awards on a merit basis and instructed to grant no awards when in their opinion, wines are unworthy. They are also empowered to grant duplicate awards in categories if the quality of wines so merit. 13. All wines will be displayed during the Carolina Classic Fair from Sept. 29 through Oct. 8, 2023. All display wine must be picked up at the Fair office between October 11-13, 2023. Any wine not picked up by October 13 will become property of the Carolina Classic Fair and will be disposed of. The Carolina Classic Fair will not ship any wine back to exhibitors.
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